TARIK BERBER
Tarik Berber was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia, in 1980, but soon settled in Bolzano with his family. He later moved to Florence to attend the Academy of Fine Arts where he graduated in 2008.
Today he lives and works in Florence, Bolzano and London. The personal experience of the artist, who by necessity or by choice has been progressing between different cultures is fully reflected in his work: the hybrid component constantly echoes, and sometimes becomes evident in the choice of subjects as well as in more complex historical and artistic references which are borrowed from cultural traditions he vividly experienced.
Although Berber’s works consist mostly of canvases, even the smaller works, like the engravings chosen by Art Delivery, become heterogeneous miscellany of appearances and looks full of emotional gravity and inner conflicts. They are sometimes obtained from references to ancient iconography and sometimes they show clear nods to modernity. By choosing the artistic and historical tradition of Florence, Tarik Berber succeeds masterfully in exploiting this heritage in order to denounce the discomfort and the tragedy of his time.
Tarik Berber was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia, in 1980, but soon settled in Bolzano with his family. He later moved to Florence to attend the Academy of Fine Arts where he graduated in 2008.
Today he lives and works in Florence, Bolzano and London. The personal experience of the artist, who by necessity or by choice has been progressing between different cultures is fully reflected in his work: the hybrid component constantly echoes, and sometimes becomes evident in the choice of subjects as well as in more complex historical and artistic references which are borrowed from cultural traditions he vividly experienced.
Although Berber’s works consist mostly of canvases, even the smaller works, like the engravings chosen by Art Delivery, become heterogeneous miscellany of appearances and looks full of emotional gravity and inner conflicts. They are sometimes obtained from references to ancient iconography and sometimes they show clear nods to modernity. By choosing the artistic and historical tradition of Florence, Tarik Berber succeeds masterfully in exploiting this heritage in order to denounce the discomfort and the tragedy of his time.